Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1136

#51 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:23:18 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
Considering how close this match is, I'm surprised there aren't many posts...I'm assuming It's due to apathy?


We've already filled up an entire 500 post topic in 3 hours. That's pretty fast.

That being said, most of those posts are people talking about rallying and all that. I skimmed through that last topic like nobody's business.
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#52 | Dabrikishaw15 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:23:55 PM | message detail
5 vote difference
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#53 | The_Djoker | Posted 8/29/2013 12:24:15 PM | message detail
Vivi is Legit. I just a couple of kids on the bus plying FFIX on their Vitas.
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#54 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:24:19 PM | message detail
1337gamerpr0 posted...
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
Mario vs. Crono 2003.

The other major complaint came in the form of people reporting that they had been asked to take part in an "Are you male or female?" poll through various means. Apparently, people went out to spam for Mario votes by asking a trick question among internet sites that were predominantly male-oriented; those reporting that this poll existed said that they were spammed to take it via AIM, e-mail, and most notably there were AOL users claiming that the poll was spammed all over chat rooms. There were also allegations of the poll showing up on various message boards all over the internet, thought I don't remember a link to any such board.

How could such a poll alter the results of a poll on GameFAQs, you ask? The top option was "Male", and the bottom "Female". The top option in Mario/Crono was "Mario", and the bottom "Crono". If such a poll redirected you to vote on GameFAQs upon answering...


so what you're telling me is
we do this on reddit, where male redirects to Link, female redirects to Shepard, and....neither? redirects to Draven
gg LoL


I don't know. I have no idea if that was even legitimate. And would that even help? One, people aren't necessarily going to fall for something like that. Two, I don't know what the gender ratio of Reddit as a whole is. Certain sub-reddits might be dominated by one or the other, but if you did it on the main reddit page, you might end up getting more Shepard votes out of it than Link votes.
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#55 | IngmarBirdman | Posted 8/29/2013 12:24:28 PM | message detail
Match is currently:

+2.8K votes over Snake / Alucard / Bayo
+2.5K votes over Blue / Drake / G&W
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#56 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 8/29/2013 12:25:11 PM | message detail
THIS CONTEST.

Seriously. What the hell is going on here?
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#57 | Qwaar | Posted 8/29/2013 12:26:40 PM | message detail
xp1337 posted...
Qwaar posted...
Considering how close this match is, I'm surprised there aren't many posts...I'm assuming It's due to apathy?

What's there to talk about?

I mean that kind of seriously. >_>


Surely a match that has stayed within 10 votes for the last half hour is worth talking about?
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#58 | Acerac | Posted 8/29/2013 12:26:58 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
Considering how close this match is, I'm surprised there aren't many posts...I'm assuming It's due to apathy?


There's been over 500 posts since the match began...

How many posts do you expect?
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#59 | Zidus411 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:27:43 PM | message detail
Holy, a one vote difference. I feel like my last vote really mattered
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#60 | xp1337 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:27:50 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
xp1337 posted...
Qwaar posted...
Considering how close this match is, I'm surprised there aren't many posts...I'm assuming It's due to apathy?

What's there to talk about?

I mean that kind of seriously. >_>


Surely a match that has stayed within 10 votes for the last half hour is worth talking about?

Not to me!

Either Vivi's rally goes away or it doesn't! If it does, Mario wins. If it doesn't... well, Mario still might win because seriously picking against that guy in a close match not a good idea!
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#61 | Scarlettail | Posted 8/29/2013 12:28:08 PM | message detail
1 vote!
#62 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:28:21 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
I don't know. I have no idea if that was even legitimate. And would that even help? One, people aren't necessarily going to fall for something like that. Two, I don't know what the gender ratio of Reddit as a whole is. Certain sub-reddits might be dominated by one or the other, but if you did it on the main reddit page, you might end up getting more Shepard votes out of it than Link votes.


and what exactly is wrong with that
#63 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:28:26 PM | message detail
Wow, this poll has been rallied! Not even 3.5 hours in and already the difference in vote totals is still producing identical numbers in the percentage display.
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#64 | Gatarix | Posted 8/29/2013 12:29:40 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
Certain sub-reddits might be dominated by one or the other, but if you did it on the main reddit page, you might end up getting more Shepard votes out of it than Link votes.

Redditors bringing about a Shepard > Draven > Link result

I would be cool with this

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#65 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:29:44 PM | message detail
Yeah, there's not really a lot to discuss here because the implications are pretty clear at this point.

And there's not a lot to say about a close match every update other than "MATCH IS STILL CLOSE!"
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#66 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:30:27 PM | message detail
1337gamerpr0 posted...
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
I don't know. I have no idea if that was even legitimate. And would that even help? One, people aren't necessarily going to fall for something like that. Two, I don't know what the gender ratio of Reddit as a whole is. Certain sub-reddits might be dominated by one or the other, but if you did it on the main reddit page, you might end up getting more Shepard votes out of it than Link votes.


and what exactly is wrong with that


That depends on how much we need to get past Draven. Link's base strength is stronger, so if we ended up helping the weaker one more than the stronger one, we could end up with a situation where both of them are just a little bit behind Draven.
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#67 | Kinglicious | Posted 8/29/2013 12:31:23 PM | message detail
There is however a lot to be said on ganondorf putting down a percentage that looks like Vivi is Link.
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#68 | lightning-02 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:31:30 PM | message detail
when is that after school vote supposed to hit?
#69 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:32:20 PM | message detail
Maybe we need 4 people to announce the vote difference every update?
Will that satisify?
#70 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 8/29/2013 12:33:41 PM | message detail
Are people sick of me asking them to sign my petition yet?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/7-site-suggestions/67111376
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#71 | red sox 777 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:33:42 PM | message detail
Right now. This is as bad as the ASV is going to get. It's a much much weaker force than it used to be.
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#72 | raytan7585 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:34:31 PM | message detail
I wonder how many hours last before either the two hit the 100 votes barrier?....
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#73 | PrinceKaro | Posted 8/29/2013 12:36:20 PM | message detail
#74 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/29/2013 12:36:31 PM | message detail
Crono/Mario

Mega Man X/Crono/Mario

Predict the percentages.
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#75 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:37:08 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
Yeah, there's not really a lot to discuss here because the implications are pretty clear at this point.

And there's not a lot to say about a close match every update other than "MATCH IS STILL CLOSE!"


Yeah. How many lead changes have we already had? Not counting pre-freeze, of course, because the lead probably switched many times more than what the updater will show.

Okay, so when the freeze finally came, Mario was ahead. Vivi takes the lead on the 12:39 update; that's 1. The next update, at 12:45, was our first tied update, but Vivi led again at the next one, so we're still at one lead change and one tied update. It took until the 2:50 update for Mario to regain the lead, then Vivi regains the lead at 3:10, Mario back in front at 3:14, Vivi again at 3:20, and Mario just retook the lead on this last update. So this was our 6th lead change of the match.
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#76 | squexa | Posted 8/29/2013 12:37:52 PM | message detail
What's going to hurt Vivi a lot will be Europe going to sleep in a few hours.

WHY IS THIS NOT A NIGHT MATCH.
#77 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:39:34 PM | message detail
Trend chart:

Time | Dragon | Yuna | Tifa | Votes
0:05 | 32.69% | 25.64% | 41.67% | 312
1:00 | 30.89% | 25.62% | 43.48% | 5464
2:00 | 30.14% | 23.90% | 45.96% | 3079
3:00 | 30.92% | 24.74% | 44.34% | 2280
4:00 | 29.84% | 24.73% | 45.44% | 1820
5:00 | 29.43% | 25.53% | 45.04% | 1614
6:00 | 28.29% | 27.16% | 44.55% | 1495
7:00 | 30.95% | 26.89% | 42.16% | 1677
8:00 | 31.04% | 25.19% | 43.77% | 1949
9:00 | 30.76% | 25.47% | 43.77% | 2214
10:00 | 30.62% | 22.98% | 46.40% | 2211
11:00 | 32.02% | 23.37% | 44.60% | 2242
12:00 | 28.66% | 25.29% | 46.05% | 1989

Tifa does well at the beginning and the end. Dragonborn shows a pretty good morning vote. Yuna and FFX's night vote still supreme.

X-Stats:

Tifa Lockhart – 50.00%
Dragonborn – 40.58%
Yuna – 35.94%
Tom Nook – 33.55%
Master Chief – 33.24%
Pyramid Head – 32.21%
Chun-Li – 30.16%
Claire Redfield – 27.21%
Cirno – 15.59%

Tifa's prediction percentage was 19.97%
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#78 | Kinglicious | Posted 8/29/2013 12:40:17 PM | message detail
Europe going to sleep or "Europe" going to sleep.
Because the latter doesn't.
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#79 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 8/29/2013 12:40:33 PM | message detail | (edited)
Master Chief stands no chance against Tom Nook
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#80 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:40:37 PM | message detail
squexa posted...
What's going to hurt Vivi a lot will be Europe going to sleep in a few hours.

WHY IS THIS NOT A NIGHT MATCH.


It didn't hurt Big Boss against Luigi, and the late night vote didn't help Bowser either.

If Vivi can simply tread water for a few hours, he might be in good shape.
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#81 | xp1337 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:41:34 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Crono/Mario

Mega Man X/Crono/Mario

Predict the percentages.

Mario > Crono: 54-46

No idea on MMX/Crono/Mario.
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#82 | Scarlettail | Posted 8/29/2013 12:41:38 PM | message detail
Mario needs a Starman here and run with it.
#83 | Azp2k32 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:42:44 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Maybe we need 4 people to announce the vote difference every update?
Will that satisify?


you should go hang out in some twitch chats
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#84 | Azp2k32 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:42:44 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Maybe we need 4 people to announce the vote difference every update?
Will that satisify?


you should go hang out in some twitch chats
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#85 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:42:47 PM | message detail
Current X-Stats:

Mario – 50.00%
Vivi Ornitier – 49.95%
Ganondorf – 30.10%
Adam Jensen – 27.71%
Duke Nukem – 22.45%
Marisa Kirasame – 18.30%
Guybrush Threepwood – 13.06%
Fawful – 13.03%
Max Payne – 12.32%
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#86 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:43:29 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Maybe we need 4 people to announce the vote difference every update?
Will that satisify?


Or we could discuss how this result projects to affect upcoming matches? Due to the fact that SFF adjustments are only estimates, we can normally say that the only X-stats we can truly "trust" are the ones that are behind the same SFF match.

...Oh, right, this is rally-fueled, so we can't use this Vivi result to project the performances of the rest of the Chaos Division. Too bad; setting Vivi = Mario would allow us to do some pretty crazy stuff, given how many other members of that Division are still alive. Sonic, Kirby, DK, Rikku...wait, Mewtwo was in that division, too! And so was Ganondorf himself!
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#87 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/29/2013 12:45:13 PM | message detail
But let's talk about upcoming matches anyway. Zero vs. Rikku, who wins? I've got Zero in my bracket, but it really looks like Rikku's got the advantage now.
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#88 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:45:43 PM | message detail
13 vote lead for Mario to 13 vote lead for Vivi.

Zero's going to beat Rikku though.
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#89 | xp1337 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:46:12 PM | message detail
Zero > Rikku
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#90 | Kinglicious | Posted 8/29/2013 12:47:41 PM | message detail
Ganondorf is gonna look so bad once this ends. He is failing so hard to break 18% I could see myself saying 16 before this ends.
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#91 | HyperSage | Posted 8/29/2013 12:49:10 PM | message detail
Why did I pick Ganondorf in 2nd?

Off the Expert Leaderboard here I go.
Still unsure on Squall though.
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#92 | ZFS | Posted 8/29/2013 12:51:16 PM | message detail
KamikazePotato posted...
I can't even fathom the idea of someone counter-rallying for Mario. I mean, I know Kanz is going it doing it, but he's Kanz. You would have to be the most boring person in the world.


Or prefer Mario! Vivi winning isn't 'exciting.' You just prefer Vivi!
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#93 | xp1337 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:51:33 PM | message detail
HyperSage posted...
Why did I pick Ganondorf in 2nd?

Off the Expert Leaderboard here I go.
Still unsure on Squall though.

If Vivi wins you'll probably be fine.

The difference between Mario > Vivi > Ganon and Mario > Ganon > Vivi is only 6 points in the event of a Vivi win rather than the much more painful 18 if Mario wins.
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#94 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/29/2013 12:52:20 PM | message detail
ZFS posted...
Vivi winning isn't 'exciting.'


http://www.thengamer.com/guru/stats.php?match=103
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#95 | Kotetsu534 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:52:46 PM | message detail
What the hell is going on. Go Vivi!
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#96 | ZFS | Posted 8/29/2013 12:52:54 PM | message detail
Brackets who even cares
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#97 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:53:36 PM | message detail
I'm feeling very nonplussed about this whole thing right now.

Mostly because Vivi winning hurts Squall if he wins tomorrow.

But if Missingno wins, then go Vivi.

I guess I'll decide how I feel about this whole thing after tomorrow.
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#98 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/29/2013 12:57:27 PM | message detail | (edited)
So...Vivi pulling away again? hrm..

Holding out hope for Nintendo kid tears.
See...I don't care much about rallying
I care when people are doing this for the sake of annoying others
Kanz can say what he wants,but I believe this is the reason 80% of Draven voters vote for him-to annoy us and make fun of this contest
This is pretty..immature..really
#99 | -Zelmor- | Posted 8/29/2013 12:55:51 PM | message detail
To think that Mario would turn out to be more fraudulent than Crono, lol

Go Vivi.
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#100 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/29/2013 12:56:06 PM | message detail
also remember when HM used to love FFIX
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